There’s nothing worth watching on! 300 channels and they’re all rubbish!The complaints about the dearth of good Christmas movies are as traditional as turkey, family rows and marital breakdown in this holiday season.Well now there’s something you can do to enliven those unending repeats of all the classic movies you know the script to by heart!“The Great Escape” – good luck on that one! “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” ( yet again!) And better still, it’s all done by remote control. Ah, remote control. The two best words in the English language when put in front of TV or DVD player and the almost god-like powers that little box gives the average sofa-bound bloke!
“Apocalypse Now” can gain a whole new dimension with the simple addition of an RC helicopter.Join with Colonel Kilgore as he swoops into that village coz “Charlie Don’t Surf”.Recline on the couch while screaming Wagner at the top of your voice without running the risk of being sectioned!“The Deer Hunter (or its straight to DVD cousin “The Cheap Trapper”) can also be immeasurably improved by some interaction. Amongst the ideal stocking fillers for this purpose is Duck Hunter (OK not quite the same but it begins with DH) the indoor flying duck hunt game. Survive in the fetid swamp of Naam alongside Bobby di Niro and Chris Walken with an autonomous remote control flying duck, complete with an infra-red gun.“Diddy Mao” that quacking sucker as it flies randomly around the room until you’ve plugged it three times.
Yes, gadgets that are remote controlled are wonderful for art and life!Stuck whether to get your young child a pet or a pram toy?Compromise with a radio-controlled rattlesnake.It moves like the real thing, has scaly skin like the real thing, a flickering tongue and it even has a terrifying rattle like the real thing.Plus Indiana Jones hates them so it can cheer up any Harrison Ford re-runs too!
